Health Sciences Investigations (HSI)  Journal volume 5, Issue 1.

The current issue of the Journal has fourteen articles. Nine (9)  are original research articles, one review article, two short communications, one medical case report, and one clinical image.

The medical case reports concern the comprehensive rehabilitation of a young individual with post-tuberculosis triple knee deformity and rehabilitation of a young individual with post-tuberculosis triple knee deformity.
The original research articles featured in this issue cover areas such as practice awareness of some Ghanaian healthcare workers concerning pneumonia therapy in children, lactate dehydrogenase as a potential predictive index in breast cancer chemotherapy response, the impact of water, sanitation, hygiene, diarrhoea, and malnutrition on children in Chad, enhancing a conventional malaria therapy, risk factors for musculoskeletal
complaints, dietary patterns and basal metabolic index among others. The commentaries in this issue are on emerging trends in surgical cases in Africa and the increasing burden of chronic diseases in Ghana, a call for behavioural interventions. The review article focuses on a medicinal plant for tropical diseases.

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